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What Am I Like? The Personality Test

What's your personality type?

Find out with the 'What Am I Like?' personality test.

If you already know your personality type, or a friend's, you can read descriptions of the 16 personality types. If you want to take the test, read on.

  • This test is 20 questions long and should take about 10 minutes
  • It is made up of four sets of five questions and you will find out about a different aspect of your personality after every five questions
  • At the end of the test you will be assigned one of 16 possible personality types
  • This personality test can't tell you exactly what you are like. No survey can predict personality type with 100 % accuracy. Experts say we should use personality type descriptions to better understand ourselves and others, but shouldn't feel restricted by our results
  • The test was developed for the television programme 'What Am I Like? The Personality Test'
  • It is a simplified personality test based on personality type theory, devised by psychologists
  • It is not a replacement for the full Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® questionnaire and the results are not intended to be the psychometric or practical equivalent to MBTI® questionnaire results



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